Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas came and went! What a great holiday. Much time was spent relaxing with family, cooking and playing! I took off work the week of Christmas which gave me plenty of free time: all day cookie making with my sister and mom, a dinner party for Brandon's friends, dinner out with my high school friends, midnight mass on Christmas eve after working a 4 hour princess shift. Christmas day was jam packed. Eggs Benedict and champagne for breakfast and a German feast for dinner complete with pork in sauerkraut! Thanks to all who made Christmas special!!!

I was lucky to get the entire New Year's holiday off! We spent the New Year's Eve at Crystal Mountain eating yummy pizza, a fireworks display, and dancing the night away. Thanks Ana and Travis for making New Year's Eve a fantastic night.

Brandon getting down!

The next morning we hit the slopes for a sunny day of snowboarding. The gondola had its grand opening! I must say, it is well worth the extra $8 to bypass chairlifts and ride from the ticket line to the restaurant at the top. Walking off the gondola we had an awesome view of Mt. Rainier!

Our first gondola ride!

The picture below is the unedited picture of above!!! Thanks Photoshop!

Couldn't help but take a few more!

There were a few people standing behind Brandon, not bad for a first time editing!

And that same orange rope was behind me! I'm already loving Photoshop!

On January 2nd we celebrated Christmas again with Brandon's family! More fun was held relaxing and enjoying the season! We ended the night with a Seahawks victory!!

My new task is getting a handle on Photoshop, a program entirely too wonderful! I bought a guide from Borders and am slowly editing pictures and creating flyers for Brandon's business. It's a work in progress for sure!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!